Amusement device



B FlNAZzo. AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATIQN FILED JAN. 25,192!- Patented Nov. 28, 1922..

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPucATloN FILED 1AN.25. 192|.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

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Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

` l BIAGIO' rI-NAZZQ'OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

' applicati@ filed. January *251921, serial No. 439,782. d

.l To all 'wko/m.' t conoca Be it known that I, BIAGIO ject of the lKing vofltalv, anda resident ofy theicity of New York,.-borough of Brooklyn, in the county of VKings and State .of New "York, have invented a new and Improved Amusement Device, of which the following is a full, clear, andexa'ct description.

. This invention relates to-anew and im-` proved form of amusement device. The job'-- ject ofthe invention resides in the provision of the particular construction and arrangement Aofparts shown and described rand set` causes the movement ofthe platforms .in anl oscillatory or rocking mannerin a vertical plane, in accordance with thearrangement of the connections between veach platform and the source of power. A lpassengercar isf'arranged on the ends of each platform, and operating connections extend betweenthe power and the vpassenger lcars in such man,- nerthat as .the rocking platforms ymove up and down the passengercarsrotatein one direction and another uponftheir axes, thus giving aI very, unique resultantmotion...

The invention is illustrated in the draw-. ings, of which-. f

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the enf tire apparatus;

Figure 2 is a side Figure2a is a detail view for actuating thedevice; V l Figure 3 is avertical transverse section taken on the line 3 Bof Figure2.;

`Figure 4 is a partial Iplan "view from the line 4 4 of Figure 3; and

Figures 5 to 10, inclusive, diagrammatically represent the positions ofthe rockir'igy platforms at different vperiods of. their motion throughouta complete rcycle of motion,

The embodiment of y,my invention as 'illustrated in the drawings comprises a supporting platform or vtower A. This platform comprises triangularly-shaped endsupp'orts 1 and 2 and spaced intermediate bracing supports 3, 4 and 5. Thebottoins of these various supports vare connected inf any suitable manner by a longitudinal bracing mem# view of the same;

ofthe gearing The device, in general, comprisesasupv` )PA-TENT orFIc-s. j

. j .1 ber, suchfas 6. y `The tops of these supportsy FINAZZO, a subare connected by an observation walk orv platform 7 to` whichpassengershave yaccess by means of stairs, such' as 8, disposed adja- 6.0. v

cent ythe end supportsl and 2. Below the observation' platform is disposed a y,gallery 9 to whichv accesscan be had fromthe stairs 8` and from which the passengers may dery scend by; meansof ladders 10 ontol any one of a plurality of oscillatingl platforms, such as 1l." These oscillating platforms are piv-v otally mounted on a shaft 11. which is supported on the towersv or platforms A. f These YI latforms, as shown more particularly inf igure 3, `comprises longitudinally extending members 12 and 13 cross braced by memv bers such as 14 and on which crossmembers a passengerwalk 15. is-disposed. Botatably-mounted on the ends `of the oscillating platforms 11, adjacent the ends ofv the assenger walk 15, vare passenger .cars

16, preferably cuplike in shape. Each of these cars is provided with a drum 17 berotatably mounted on a shaft 22"the endsof which y,are journaled in the longitudinal frame members 12 and l13. `This shaftis also adapted to engage withconnecting rods, such as 23. A single connecting rod extends vfrom each `rocking platform 11to a crank arm such as` 24 connected to a power shaft such as 25. l The crank arm, such as 24, vconnectpasses u'nderypulleys', such as 21, which are ed to one oscillating platform 11 will be disposed at a suitable angle, such as thatjshown, of 180owith respect'to the crank arm con-v necting the adjacent rocking platform 11 with the power shaft. ln this manner'a plurality of `oscillating platforms may be connected to and operated' from a common power shaft. As showny in Figures 2 and 2F, this power shaft may be operatedfby means of'gears 26 and 26 from a'motor 27'.

Ropes such as 28 passing over pulleys such as 29 may be operatedby an auxiliary motor 30 to raise the ladders whenever the oscillating platforms have received the -desired number of passengers and are about to operate. The gallery Qimay be provided extending in opposite directionsfffrom the power shaft 25, then the various oscillating platforms 11 willbe inthe position shown in Figure 5. Howevenf'immediately after starting andfturning inthe direction indicated by the arrow inFigure 6, and assuming that we are looking at the side oftwo rocker v platforms, we ndthat the'platforms start to move together` as shown in this figure. However, in Figure?, designating one rocker platform by thev letter B andthe other by the letter C, we find that the connections between the power shaft and have passed dead center and, therefore, are `commencing to .reverse the motion of C, whereas'the motion of' B is continuing inV the original direction, and, as shown inFigure 7, at the time the operating shaft has made a quarter of a revolution the degree ofinclination of B is considerable. y

In F igure`8 which shows the position of the two platformsB and C a quarter of a revolution later, when the power shaft has made a half revolution from the` initial position, the rtwo platforms have moved to their `eXtreme inclined position in opposite directions., s y

' As shown in Figure 9, the tower shaft has made three-quarters of a revolution and the platform @andthe platform B are moving together.r As shown in Figure 10, at a point in the travel of the tower shaft about seveneighths of a complete cycle, the two platforms are in alignment'again andv both are moving up to the normal position shown in Figure 5. It will be seen thatthis motion is unique and irregular. Therefore, devices of this sort 'are novel and would furnish considerable excitement and amusement for those persons availing themselves of it.

At the same time that these periodic .variations in the ingvements of the various platforms are taking place, the' passenger cars 16 are rotatingon their axes. Considering Figure 3 and remembering that one point inthe lcontinuous cable 184is fixed to when any given oscillating platform moves vin* one direction that a certain amount of slaclowill occur inthe cable onone side of the platform, due to the approach of that .side ofetheplatformto the fixed point in the cable, and this will be taken up by the pull finth'eicable on the other side which is receding from this fixed point. Therefore, the

vrmovement of the` cablerelative to the drums 17 will cause the rotation of the passenger cars in one direction when the end of the rocking platforms on which eachy car is mounted `moves in one direction K and will c ausea rotation in the opposite direction when the direction of movement of the rocking ,Y platform yis reversed.` This rotating movement` ofthe passenger cars on their axes, combined withthe rockingv movement of" theoscillating platforms at the same time, gives auniquemotion'. i

lt," of course, will be apparent that the particular style of `tower or supporting platform used is not essentialxto thel operation of this devicein accordance with the principle of the invention, and various modifications inthe arrangement of the parts can be made without departing therefrom.

What I claim is: f

l. An amusement device comprising a tower or supporting base, a vertically oscillating nonrotating platform pivoted tosaid tower onthe horizontal axis and adapted to oscillate in a vertical plane, a passenger car disposed on each end of said platform and adapted'for oscillation about a fixed axis at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the platform, means for oscillating said platform, and means yfor oscillating said cars around their axes yin accordance `with the movement'of the platform.

2; An amusement device comprising a tower orsupporting base, a vertically oscillating non-rotating platform pivoted thereto on the horizontal axis and adapted for actuation in a vertical plane, a passenger caron each end of said platform adapted for oscillation `in aplane at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the platform, a continuous cable iXed to the tower at one point and passing around the body of said cars, and means for oscillating said oscillating platform whereby saidcars are caused kto oscillate in accordance with the movement of the platform. y

3. An amusement device comprising a tower orsupporting base a plurality of oscillating platforms pivoted theretofon a horizontal axis .andr adapted yfor oscillation in a vertical plane, a power shaft, a plurality of crank arms on said shaft spaced 'a'definite angular distance apart, connecting rods eX- tending fromeach crankvv arm to one of' said platfOrmsa'passenger car disposed on-the ends of each roclringplatform and having its axis at right angles to the longitudinal iso v*axis of the platform, a continuous cable xed at one point to the tower and passing around the body of said car, and means for oscillating said platforms whereby said cars are caused to move in accordance with the movement of the platform.

4. An amusement device comprising a tower or supporting base, a plurality of `oscillating platforms pivoted thereto on a horizontal axis and adapted for movement in a vertical plane, a passageway on each plat-A form extending from the tower outwardly, a passenger car disposed on the ends of each oscillating platform adjacent the ends of the passageway, ya power shaft, a plurality` of crank arms spaced on said shaft at an angular distance of 90O apart, connecting rods extending from each crank arm to an oscillating platform, a cable fixed to one point of the tower and passing continuously around the bodies of the passenger cars, and means for moving said power shaft continuously in one direction whereby the platforms are oscillated in a vertical plane and the passenger cars are oscillated in accordance with the movement of the platform.

BIAGIO FINAZZO. 

